EN 1.4611 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade HF Steel
Both EN 1.4611 stainless steel and ASTM grade HF steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4611 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HF steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 530 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.7 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.3 to 80.8 | |
| 60 to 73.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |